Device for marking laying hens.



E. TILDEN.

DEVICE FOR MARKING LAYING HENS.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 27. 19H}.

Yatented. Oct. 1, 1918.

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DEVICE non MARKING LAYINGJHENS.

Specification of Letters Patent; Pa,tented Oct. 1, 1918.

Application filed February 27, 1918. Serial No. 213,546.

To all whom it may concern." I I Be i known that I, ELLSWORTH TrLDnN, a citizen of the United States, residingfat Columbia Falls, in the county ofFlathead and State of Montana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Marking Laying Hens; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear,.and exact description of the invention, such: as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, ref- Terence being had 'to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification" This invention'rel-ates to new and useful improvements in attachments to hen nests for marking the hen as it enters thenest, and consists of a simple and efficient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims. V

My invention is illustrated in the accom: panying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the nest, and V Fig. 2 is a horizontal plan View.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter: a

A designates a nest box which is of any desirable shape and is provided 'with .a hinged door B adapted to swing in both directions. A tilting platform C is mounted within the box upon which the nest C is located. A coiled spring D is -fastened at one end to said platform and its other end D is fastened to the end of the'box. Said.

platform has a projection E upon its under surface and which is convexed'and rests upon the bottom of the box, and which is longitudinally apertured for the reception of the rod E which is. journaled in the opposite walls of the-box. A-stop F is mounted upon the freeend of the platform near 7. the door and is adaptedwhen the platform is tilted to prevent the door being opened.

while the hen is upon the nest. V A rotatable disk H is mounted upon a shaft H which is driven by clock mecha nism mounted in'the compartment I, and? rotation within five minutes or so. A vertically movable bar J is mounted in thepartition A of the box and isin the path of the door B adapted to be actuated by the same as the door swings open, causing the latch J to be raised .out of the notch H permitting the same to rotate. A swinging member Ohas a branching arm O which is hinged at O upon the topof the box, and one end of the member 0. is in the path of a pin K'projecting from the face of the disk adaptedto' tilt the member 0 at each revolution of said disk.

A vial or bottle R- is fastened to one end of the member- O and-is adapted to contain a coloring solution. A pin T projects from the top of the box and when the member 0 is tilted to the position shown in dotted lines, the vial is raised so that the pin will enter the solution'in the vial, and when the disk rotates to release the member 0, the latter will return to its normal position by gravity and the solution upon the end of the pin is adapted to drop on to the hen upon the nest and thus mark the same.

It will be understood that the device is designed for use in connection with hens having plumage of a light color, which are the best types of laying fowl, and which will 0 will swing upon its hinge, the pin T will enter the bottle and after the pin K passes by theend of the member 0 the latter will tilt down and permit the pin T to drip the marking solution upon the back of the hen.

' That I claim to be new is:

1. A device for marking hens consisting of -a box with a hinged door, a tilting platform, a nest thereon, a rotatable disk and clock work mechanism for operating the same, a latch engagingthe diskand releasing the disk as the dooris opened, a tilting gravity member-(actuated by each revolu- 'tion'ofthe disk, a bottle upon one end of :said member adapted, to 'containa marking -solution, aprojection upon the box adapted i so arranged that the disk will make a single to-enterthe'bottle as theplatform'is tilted. I

2 A device for marking hens consisting of a box with a hinged door, a tilting platform, a nest thereon, a rotatable disk and clock Work mechanism for operating the same, a latch engaging the disk and releasing the disk as the door is opened,.a tilting gravity member actuated by each revolution of the disk, abottle upon one end of said member adapted to contain a marking solution, aprojection upon the box adapted to enterthe bottle as the platform is tilted, the platform designed to lock the door as the hen enters the nest.

3. A device for marking hens consisting of a box with a hinged door, a rotatable disk and clock work mechanism for operating the same, a latch engaging the disk and releasing the disk as the dooris opened a tilting gravity member actuated by each revolutionof the disk, a bottle upon one end of said member adapted to contain a marking solution, a projection upon the boX adapted to enter the bottle as the platform is tilted, a tilting spring pressedplatform,

a nest upon the platform and a stop upon the platform adjacent to said door.

4:. A device for marking hens consisting of a box,a hinged door forming a part of the box, a tilting platform, a nest thereon, a rotatable notched disk and means for operating the same, a pin projecting from the a ELLSWORTH TILDEN.

Witnesses E. J; CRUM, FRANK Pi REYNOLDS.

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